Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism in McDonald v. City of Chicago Judicial Restraint is when the Supreme Court restricts their powers to avoid making any changes to public policy‚ unless that policy is unconstitutional. When applying judicial restraint to cases‚ the courts stand by stare decisis (previous decisions of the court)‚ uphold current law‚ and hold strictly to the text of the Constitution. They think that by only interpreting the constitution and not creating new laws‚ that they
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262 AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN‚ PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS‚ PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the "Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004." Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy.- It is hereby declared that the State values the dignity of women and children and guarantees full respect for human rights. The State also recognizes the need to protect
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Bullying in IV-Rizal and IV-Bonifacio A research paper presented to the class of Ms. Rosa G. Payumo Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo High School in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the subject English IV By Marc John Maclang February 1‚ 2013 Table of contents I. Title page II. Table of contents III. Introduction IV. Body of the paper A. Research Medothology (Presentations‚ Analysis‚ Interpretation
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Castel Persilot Midterm Case assignment It is not difficult to guess why a representative of the tobacco industry would question a presentation that shows that smoking cigarette can cause lung cancer. But since the representative of the tobacco industry asks for evidence‚ it is proper that an answer be provided. My interpretation of the evidence on how smoking affects lung cancer is based on good clinical data. They are many factors that can cause lung cancer such as radon and asbestos‚ people
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charged of a family shop that his father had left behind before his death. Revere was engaged with his community serving in many positions such as clerk market‚ health officer of boston and he later became a member of the inner circle along with James Otis‚ Benjamin Edes‚ John Hancock and Sam Adams. Later on Revere is seens as a leading communicator who is sent around to let people know about massacres that will be occurring. He plays a big impacts since he is involved in the battles against the British
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Oak Park suburb banded citizens the possessions of hand guns(Nieto). The court recognized that the murder rate has excelled since the ban was forced. The city is now facing one of the highest murder rates and violent crimes in the country (Coia). Otis McDonald desired the want own a firearm due to the right crime rate in his neighborhood. According to Chicago City Council‚ the hand gun ban was established to protect property and the lives of Chicago citizens. The petitioners believe that this ban
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January 9‚ 13- Lecture 2 • Blackface Minstrelsy • Betrays simultaneous fascinations and repulsion for African American culture (don’t imitate unless admire) • Appeared in the 1830’s and onward • As much a matter of class as a matter of race • Live entertainment in which white performers darkened their skin to imitate what they thought African American music sounded like (didn’t know much about African American culture or the south in general) • Ridiculed blacks and made profit • Northern
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In the past‚ the British parliament can search anyone’s house and unlawfully arrest them; as a result‚ outrage regarding privacy arose. Therefore‚ James Otis first claimed that the British government violated the people’s rights. From this‚ the government of the American colonies added an amendment protecting people’s privacy on their Constitution‚ so the British government cannot invade the colonies’ personal
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v. Heller in 2008‚ Alan Gura‚ also represented Otis McDonald in this case‚ McDonald v. Chicago. He claimed that Chicago’s handgun ban fails to allow him to adequately protect himself. Gura litigated that the Second Amendment‚ in addition to federal jurisdictions‚ should also be applied against state
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The movie Johnny Tremain helped me gain more knowledge about the American Revolution from a different perspective. Johnny Tremain is a work of historical fiction‚ combining real people and events like Paul Revere‚ Sons of Liberty‚ and the Boston Tea Party‚ and fictional ones like Jonathan Tremain‚ Priscilla Lapham‚ and Ephraim Lapham. The fictional characters‚ although these people did not historically exist‚ gave me a personal insight to the actual events that occurred such as the Boston Tea Party
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